Paintings from an East Bay group of landscape artists working outdoors.

Monday, May 10

Rain has been forecast for Mare Island. We will postpone our trip until next Monday. Larry says "There are a lot of old Navy buildings and some cranes and equipment and waterfront warehouses & boatyard places. There are some historic houses and things that look like bomb shelters." Leslie Wilson adds: "The dry dock area is great - lots of cranes and old buildings next to the water. Also, just a few blocks away is the officer's quarters with mansions which is good too." You can find a map here.

Directions: Go north on I-80 until the I-780 exit. Don't take 780, but as you exit stay on the frontage road until the second exit. Go west onto Curtola Way. Take Curtola until you get to the water. The road bends to the right and becomes Mare Island Way. Stay on that until you see the Mare Island Causeway (the bridge). Once across the causeway, turn left onto Railroad Ave. The first turn is Nimitz, then Railroad near the end of the causeway. About a block and a half or two there is an empty parking area to your right, right before "C" Street, which is where we'll meet. We don't know of any public bathrooms on the island. Bring your own water, and your cell phone in case we miss each other.

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East Bay Landscape Painters is a group of artists of all media, styles and levels of experience. We meet once a week to paint outdoors in the parks and cities east of the San Francisco Bay Area.

It was on January 3rd, 2007 that Karen Zullo Sherr and Rebeca Garcia-Gonzalez went on the first outing of the East Bay Landscape Painters. Their only agreement was to paint outdoors weekly. Not soon after, they invited others and later came the blog. Betsy Kendall and Sharon Hind-Smith joined as coordinators. Today the group boasts an active mailing list of over 250 members. On any given Monday one can find 10-15 painters at the group's painting locations. The EBLP has had two ELBP shows and has great plans for the future. It continues to be a volunteer-run group, with camaraderie and mutual support as its values.

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